The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. II, Volume 2Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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Page 11
... friendship so signal as its sublime attraction to whatever vir- tue is in us ? We will never more think cheaply of ourselves , or of life . We are piqued to some purpose , and the industry of the diggers on the railroad will not again ...
... friendship so signal as its sublime attraction to whatever vir- tue is in us ? We will never more think cheaply of ourselves , or of life . We are piqued to some purpose , and the industry of the diggers on the railroad will not again ...
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... friend and foe are of one stuff ; the ploughman , the plough , and the furrow , are of one stuff ; and the stuff is such , and so much , that the variations of form are unimportant . " You are fit " ( says the supreme Krishna to a sage ) ...
... friend and foe are of one stuff ; the ploughman , the plough , and the furrow , are of one stuff ; and the stuff is such , and so much , that the variations of form are unimportant . " You are fit " ( says the supreme Krishna to a sage ) ...
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... friend ; the experience of poetic creativeness , which is not found in stay- ing at home , nor yet in travelling , but in transitions from one to the other , which must therefore be adroitly managed to pre- sent as much transitional ...
... friend ; the experience of poetic creativeness , which is not found in stay- ing at home , nor yet in travelling , but in transitions from one to the other , which must therefore be adroitly managed to pre- sent as much transitional ...
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... friends . His necessary expenses were exceedingly small , and no one else could live as he did . He wore no under garment ; his upper garment was the same for summer and winter ; and he went barefooted ; and it is said that , to procure ...
... friends . His necessary expenses were exceedingly small , and no one else could live as he did . He wore no under garment ; his upper garment was the same for summer and winter ; and he went barefooted ; and it is said that , to procure ...
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... friendship of men in power . He was never married . He had great modesty and gentleness of bearing . His habits were simple ; he lived on bread , milk , and vege- tables ; he lived in a house situated in a large garden : he went several ...
... friendship of men in power . He was never married . He had great modesty and gentleness of bearing . His habits were simple ; he lived on bread , milk , and vege- tables ; he lived in a house situated in a large garden : he went several ...
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